antiworld

[ an-tee-wurld, an-tahy- ]

noun

1. Often anti-worlds. Physics. a hypothetical world composed of antimatter.

antiworld

/ ˈæntɪˌwɜːld /

noun

1. a hypothetical or supposed world or universe composed of antimatter

Word History and Origins

Origin of antiworld¹

anti- + world

Example Sentences

His collection Antiworld gave rise to a famous performance at the Taganka theatre, Moscow, in 1965.

From The Guardian

Each is the other's antiworld: Japan an exclusive, homogeneous Asian ocean-and-island realm, tribal, intricately compact, suppressive, fiercely focused; and the U.S. a giant of huge distances, expansive, messy, inclusive, wasteful, rich, individualist, multicultural, chaotically diverse.

From Time Magazine Archive

California, he was implying, is the name we give our hopes and highest fantasies: an antiworld of sorts, governed by an antireality principle and driven by an antigravitational push.

From Time Magazine Archive

Curfew again: Nablus returns to its motionless antiworld, its un-Palestine.

From Time Magazine Archive

Of course, that sort of hypothesis is merely a fantastic antiworld.

From Time Magazine Archive